Gus Kenworthy Quotes

I had a hell of a time convincing people I was gay - which was so annoying!

I graduated from high school in '62 and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.

The gay thing has always been hard for me.

I knew that I was different when I was six years old, but it wasn't until I got to about 10 or 11 that I realised I was a gay man.

When you're a young kid and you're gay, you're out there on your own. And you're trying to figure this thing out. And your parents typically aren't gay.

I'm the only gay person my parents know.

I've had so many interviews where the last question is, Are you gay? I had to find very creative ways to say that I was gay, but that I wasn't going to talk about it.

Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.

My mom knew early on that I was gay, and she knew that I had to get out of the ghetto.

I'm gay, and I was born this way.

It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it.

The truth is that I am a gay American.

I've got lots of problems. Being gay isn't one of them.

I think it can be difficult for young lesbian or young gay, bisexual, transgender to come out and be open with who they are because there's such a huge stigma attached to that preference of their sexuality.

I'm not ashamed to be gay.

I knew I was gay since, like, fifth grade.

Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian.

I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period.

If I was gay, why would I hide it?

I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.

If I was gay, why wouldn't I admit it? It wouldn't harm me.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.